Around the League Part 11: When in doubt, blame Fortnite

[My Special Purpose]

I don't think Aho could play in Liiga in any other team than Karpat, and there might be roster and money issues to make that a non-viable option. I would assume it's a hassle to fit in NHL players in the rosters who will then ditch once the season commences.

I know this is a favorite pasttime of ours, but I'm going to go on record as saying that there is no roster or money issue that will keep Karpat from employing Sebastian Aho if he chooses to play there during the lockout. Will there be issues? I'm sure. But they will be solved.

 

[TheBigKahuna]

Edmonton places Zykov back on waivers.

 

[Navin R Slavin]

Edmonton places Zykov back on waivers.

But we let him go for nothing!

 

[TheBigKahuna]

But we let him go for nothing!

Yet we continue to plug guys like PDG in, who haven't done one bit better.

I'm all for letting him play, unless he said it did something to earn a trip out if town.

 

[A Star is Burns]

It may not be much money, but we're probably lucky some other team took him and his two year one way contract on since every penny apparently counts.

 

[CandyCanes]

Edmonton places Zykov back on waivers.

We can claim him and have the option to send him down to Charlotte. Michael Smith thinks the ship has sailed, since he's on the first year of a two year, one way contract. I sure hope he's wrong.

I'd like to see us reclaim him, let him development some more in Charlotte, and give him one last shot next training camp.

 

[Lempo]

But we let him go for nothing!

Nope. EDM presumably paid the $56,250 that's the going price for a forward who has completed not more than 3 years.

Suckers.

 

[Lempo]

We can claim him and have the option to send him down to Charlotte. Michael Smith thinks the ship has sailed, since he's on the first year of a two year, one way contract. I sure hope he's wrong.

I'd like to see us reclaim him, let him development some more in Charlotte, and give him one last shot next training camp.

Yes, if and only if no one else puts a claim on him now. He didn't clear the waivers then, and if someone else besides us claims him, he doesn't clear them now even if our waivers claim takes precedence.

13.22 When a Club claims a Player on Regular or Unconditional Waivers, and, subsequently, in the same season it requests Waivers on the same Player and the original owning Club is the successful and only Club making a Waiver claim, then the original owning Club shall be entitled to Loan such Player to a club in another league within thirty days without further Waivers being asked; provided that such Player has not participated in ten or more NHL Games (cumulative) and remained on an NHL roster more than thirty days (cumulative) following such successful claim.

 

[TheBigKahuna]

Still have to wonder, if his coach in Charlotte was puzzled by the move, what the basis was?

 

[Oogie Boogie]

We better claim him back

 

[Lempo]

Still have to wonder, if his coach in Charlotte was puzzled by the move, what the basis was?

He's on one-way contract, not exempt of waivers, and was sent down (Nov 13th) on a conditioning loan that can last for 14 days max, without him clearing waivers, and the time came up.

The waivers on Zykov were reported on Nov 29th, so a couple of days too late to meet the 14-day rule. Can't remember if he was recalled to Canes right before the waivers. He was recalled to Canes on Nov 25th alongside Bean.

It may be the League didn't accept the Canes' use of the waivers-avoiding conditioning loan on a player who had been a healthy scratch, and forced the waivers procedure on Zykov.

 

[Lempo]

We can speculate further tomorrow when we presumably will hear if Canes a) did or b) didn't try claim Zykov.

Did we need the roster room to make a move on Nylander or someone else, and had to shenaniganize with Zykov to get it without? Did we have waivers-exempts besides Aho in the roster*?

(*Because sending Aho down to get Nylander would have been magnificent in the Hello Houston kind of way)

 

[A Star is Burns]

I've always thought that he didn't constantly churn his legs like Chad LaRose, so they didn't think he was giving the requested effort.

 

[Lempo]

For the repeats:

13.8 Conditioning Loan. Unless a Player consents, he shall not be Loaned on a Conditioning Loan to a minor league club. Such Conditioning Loan shall not extend for more than fourteen (14) consecutive days. The Commissioner may take whatever steps he deems necessary to investigate the circumstances under which a Player is Loaned on a Conditioning Loan. If the Commissioner has reason to believe or determines that the Club has used the Conditioning Loan to evade Waivers, or otherwise Circumvent any provision of this Agreement, he may take such disciplinary action against the Club, as he deems appropriate. The Player shall continue, during the period of such Conditioning Loan, to receive the same Paragraph 1 NHL Salary, and be entitled to the same benefits, that he would have received had he continued to play with the Club

The CBA pretty much point blank says that we are watching that you mofos won't misuse this.

It's harsh, because they needed Zykov's consent for the CL, and if it actually backfired on them in the way I speculate, and Z got shipped to Alberta because of playing ball like a good team player, can't blame the Canes to be too embarrassed to publicly own up what happened.

Bad for Zykov because he got potentially completely unwarranted negative rep out of it. The GMs around the league probs know the real reasons I'd assume.

 

[Incubajerks]

Zykov is our new Drayson Bowman. I only wonder when we will have the honor of seeing Saarela and/or Gauthier.

 

[bleedgreen]

I don’t think we want the one way contract. Ironic since we gave it to him.

 

[A Star is Burns]

I don’t think we want the one way contract. Ironic since we gave it to him.

It was a worthwhile gamble. If he failed and some sucker took him off our hands as happened, cool, but if not, it wouldn't cripple even us. If he had carried over his AHL play and end of last year NHL play, it could have been as big of a bargain as there is in the league.

 

[bleedgreen]

Seems other middling forwards got a longer leash, when he has the one skill they lack. I was one of those that thinks his skating holds him back too much but he’s a righty.

I don’t think we should reclaim him because we’ve already made our decision the first time. Don’t waste his time unless we’re really gonna give him more scoring chances.

 

[Wolfpuck]

Not all is well in Starsville. Seguin and Benn were called out by management very harshly and very publicly.

 

[Lempo]

Not all is well in Starsville. Seguin and Benn were called out by management very harshly and very publicly.

"“WTF”

That’s the text that Dallas Stars CEO Jim Lites says he gets five times per game from team owner Tom Gaglardi.“

Stars ownership, management go on expletive-laden tirade...

 

[DougieSmash]

pesce and hamilton for seguin and benn

profit

 

[AD Skinner]

I'd do it but there's no way the canes would pay players that much money

 

[bleedgreen]

I love it. It’s the new nhl. Players have to live up to the contracts they demand. Both players admit they’re playing like crap.

 

[Lempo]

I'd do it but there's no way the canes would pay players that much money

Our owner would go full Rowan Atkinson with the salary.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

Waddell should be on a plane to Dallas as we speak and not come back until he comes back with one of the two. Or both.

As for Zykov, something we weren't privy to caused us to sour on him, and apparently it was evident in Edmonton as well. If we claim him, so be it. But no issue if we pass